Species Dentalium (Dentalium) octangulatum Donovan, 1803
- Dentalium octangulatum Donovan, E. 1803. Natural History of British Shells. Vol. 5. pls 145–180. [162].
Type data:
Neotype BMNH 1952.2.23.1, Japan.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1952.2.23.2–12 11 specimens.Subsequent designation references:
Ludbrook, N.H. 1954. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports. 10(2): 91–120 pl. 1. [96 pl. 1 fig. 1]. - Dentalium octogonum Lamarck, J.B.P. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Vol. 5. Paris. 344 pp. [344].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, China;
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (presumed lost), China.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Pilsbry, H.A. & Sharp, B. 1897. Scaphopoda. 1-144 pls 1-26 in Tryon, G.W. Jr (ed.). Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Academy of Sciences Vol. 17. [1897: 1–144 pls 1–26; 1898: i–xxxii + 145–280 pls 27–37 Vanatta, E.G. 1927. Dates of publication of the parts of the Manual of Conchology, First Series (Cephalopoda, Marine Gastropoda, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda). Nautilus 40: 96–99] [17]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Ocean, China Seas, Japan, Sri Lanka, Karachi.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast
- Queensland: NE coast
- Western Australia: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast
- Papua New Guinea
Oriental Region
- Sri Lanka
Palaearctic Region
- Japan
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, mud bottom, sand bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected in littoral sievings and dredged to 1380 m in sandy mud.
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |